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In other cases analyses of land use competition have already begun to move forward in an integrative mode for example by bringing closer together geographical economic and governance perspectives in the formation of land system science ledford 2015 turner et al 2007 verburg et al in press. In light of new land use change research that emphasises how looping effectsexists between choice of scale problematization of land use competition actual land use change and interventions . Land use competition and social ecology two new books out in springers human environment interactions series recent additions to the series include land use competition ecological economic and social perspectives. Land use competition has thus become one of the central arenas within which the effects of global change on human environment systems are negotiated actual land use practices and their drivers are key to better understanding the dynamics in these arenas land use practices are highly local and for many people. Research on the interactions between human behaviour and ecological systems tends to focus on the direct effects of human activities on ecosystems such as biodiversity loss there is also increasing research effort directed towards ecosystem services however interventions to control peoples use